Alex Iwobi couldn’t contain his joy after
scoring a wonderful equalizer against
Bayern in a pre-season friendly on
Wednesday.
Nigerian international and Arsenal
forward, Alex Iwobi scored a dying
minute header as the Gunners defeated
Bayern Munich in China via a penalty
shootout in a pre-season friendly on
Wednesday.
Arsenal Manager, Arsene Wenger was
without Olivier Giroud and many other
key players because of food poisoning.
New signing Sead Kolasinac also had to
come off before the break, while Aaron
Ramsey and Theo Walcott were only
substitutes because they were sick.
Wenger’s ailing men were outplayed for
long periods by Bayern before salvaging
a last-gasp 1-1 draw and then winning
3-2 on penalties.
Arsenal were particularly poor in the
first half in the 36 degrees Celsius (97F)
heat and Wenger admitted that the
extreme conditions in Shanghai were “a
shock” after flying in from Australia,
which is in its winter, AFP reported.
“I was a bit scared that tonight we could
have big problems and in fact in the first
half we suffered a bit,” said Wenger,
under pressure to get Arsenal back in
the Champions League this season.
“Ramsey finished the game, but Walcott,
Kolasinac, Mertesacker, Giroud, they all
had a little food poisoning.”
Robert Lewandowski opened the
scoring in the 9th minute as Bayern
outplayed the gunners only for Iwobi to
rise to nod home a cross from Aaron
Ramsey to force the games to a
shootout. Bayern play AC Milan in
Shenzhen, southern China, in their next
warm-up game.
